A portion of the proceeds from the auction of the Laremy Tunsil video will go to charity.
Houston Texans offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil is auctioning off an NFT of the viral 2016 video of him smoking from a bong.
The NFT commemorates a video of Tunsil smoking from a bong while wearing a gas mask while seated under a Confederate flag that was posted on his account on the night of the 2016 NFL Draft.
The video caused Tunsil's draft stock to plummet, and he was drafted 13th by the Miami Dolphins after being projected to be one of the top picks.
One of the most notorious moments in the history of the NFL Draft is the token, and the NFT describes it as a unique piece of draft history.
The Last Prisoner Project is an organization that supports marijuana criminal justice reform efforts.
The bong video that caused the fall of the 2016 draft class of offensive tackles was largely to blame for the selection of Laremy Tunsil. After the Dolphins traded him to the Houston Texans in 2016 for two first-round picks, Tunsil established himself as one of the league's top young offensive tackles. The Pro Bowl selections and the three-year, $66 million contract extension that he signed in 2020 made him one of the top-paid players in the league.
More than $7 million. The amount of guaranteed signing bonus money Tunole lost out on when he fell from the sixth pick to the 13th pick.
I still play with anger because I feel like I'm not getting the recognition I deserve because of the gas mask.
The NFT announcement was likely to coincide with the draft.
Laremy Tunsil was at the gas mask incident. Why isn't everybody included? (Forbes)
Five years later, Laremy Tunsil and his Dolphins were drafted.
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